ROOT SPORTS to Televise Three Wyoming Football Games in 2014

June 19, 2014

LARAMIE, Wyo. - The Mountain West Conference and ROOT SPORTS announced on Thursday that eight Mountain West games will be televised by ROOT Sports during the 2014 college football season. The Wyoming Cowboys will be featured in three of those eight games, including the Saturday, Aug. 30 home game versus Montana and road games at Colorado State on Saturday, Oct. 25 and at New Mexico on Saturday, Nov. 29.

Game times were also set for those three UW games. The Cowboys' home game vs. Montana will kick off at 2 p.m., Mountain Time. The road game at CSU is scheduled for 5 p.m., M.T., and the regular-season finale at New Mexico is set to kick off at either 1 or 1:30 p.m., M.T.

"We are extremely pleased that ROOT SPORTS will once again be televising several Wyoming Football games this coming season," said Tom Burman, University of Wyoming Director of Athletics. "The games televised on ROOT SPORTS are a great fit for our fan base as ROOT's footprint reaches a large number of Cowboy fans. We value the relationship that has been built between the good people at ROOT SPORTS, the Mountain West Conference and our athletic department - a relationship that is now entering its third year. It is very positive for us to have our program and our student-athletes showcased on a quality network that also features the likes of the Colorado Rockies."

"We are excited to launch our Mountain West coverage this year with Cowboy football," said ROOT SPORTS General Manager David Woodman. "We look forward to another great year of bringing all the game action to the loyal fans of Wyoming in the Rocky Mountain region and beyond."

The Wyoming Cowboys will also be featured on five ESPN network telecasts as part of the 2014 Mountain West Conference television package with ESPN. Four Wyoming Saturday games selected for television by the ESPN networks will combine with a Friday, Nov. 7 home game versus Utah State on ESPN2 to give the Cowboys five ESPN appearances during the conference portion of the schedule. Wyoming's game at Michigan State on Saturday, Sept. 27 has been listed by MSU as a potential ESPN, ABC or Big Ten Network game.

The Saturday, Sept. 6 Wyoming home game versus Air Force will be televised on ESPNU, and will kick off at 8:15 p.m., Mountain Time. ESPN2 will carry the Friday, Nov. 7 game between Wyoming and Utah State at 6 p.m., M.T.

Game times and specific outlets for the remaining ESPN network games will be determined during the course of the regular season, and will generally be announced 12 days prior to the date of the game.